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The Robert F. and Evelyn Nelson Wulf
Professorship in the Humanities
Mark Unno, Professor of Religious Studies, was the 2005-06 Wulf Professor in the Humanities. Fall 2005 he taught REL 353: Dark Self East and West with the support of a Wulf teaching fellowship. Unno used his Wulf Professorship funds to bring two guest speakers (Raymond Cross and Georgia Durante) to campus to meet with students and give public lectures. This teaching fellowship allowed Unno to prepare for his guest lecturers, revamp the course (including incorporating new materials on the psychology of religion), revise the course web site, do some additional research, and create a new syllabus to enhance student learning.
“Turning darkness into light—the changes [this fellowship has allowed me to introduce] promise to bring exciting new dimensions to the course and to the curriculum in Religious Studies, none of which would have been possible without the great support of the Wulf Professorship and the Humanities Center Teaching Fellowship program.”
Mark Unno,
2005-06 Wulf Professor
The Wulf Professorship in the Humanities was established in 1993 through an endowment made to the Oregon Humanities Center.
The Professorship, held for one year, makes available up to $4,000 for curriculum development, instructional materials, classroom activities, research assistance, and other activities related to the approved course. These funds are provided in addition to the support provided by Humanities Center Teaching Fellowships, which, when awarded in conjunction with a Wulf Professorship, provide $3,000 in summer pay.
The Wulf Professorship is awarded on a competitive basis to University of Oregon humanities faculty who are recognized as superior teachers. The Professorship is intended to provide faculty with the resources necessary to develop new courses (or substantially modify existing courses) that address the purpose described below. The Wulf Professorship is awarded annually in conjunction with the Humanities Center Teaching Fellowship award. Team-taught courses are eligible for a single Wulf Professorship award.
The purpose of the Wulf Professorship is to support undergraduate courses that identify, examine carefully, and respond critically to ethical issues that confront individuals and society. Such issues might include but are not limited to: the structure and bases of human values; the moral development of individuals; the nature of character and integrity; the appreciation of individual rights and the nature of social responsibility. The Wulf Professorship seeks to promote critical reflection and deliberation on these matters rather than the advancement of any particular viewpoint or set of values.
Wulf Professors share a commitment to intellectual honesty, fairness, and freedom; a demand for intellectual rigor; a recognition of the value of open and honest discussion and critical analysis of different viewpoints and values; and an overriding dedication to education for developing wisdom and character (as opposed merely to training for power and position).
application and guidelines (pdf)
Updated:7/1/08